(Length: 6:42) “Until we take that test of citizenship – until you read through the histories – you don’t know what this country was and you lead an intimidated life. And we did not think we had a right to do anything to make our lives better.” – Shaheen Malek. In the video above, the family discusses their immigration experience and how they felt once they became citizens of the United States.

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Together We Stand

We call upon our fellow citizens to treat each other with compassion and honesty, and to foster an ethical commitment to bedrock American values such as pluralism and religious freedom, mutuality and respect—values also at the core of our religious traditions.